someone turned four!

…And found some dress-up outfits in the attic while her mother and I rummaged around for patterns and fabric. Nothing screams I’m four like a red plaid dress over pink shirt and pants, topped with wings and halo. She considered adding overalls but decided it might be uncomfortable. Smart move.

K set me up with a baptismal gown (unmade) in a bag, with a cross that’s passed through a few hands without ever ending up being used, the leftover material from Q’s, and pattern that looks simple enough for a garment-novice like myself to not mangle out of recognition. Rather than a grandmotherly art, we’ll call this a godmotherly art.

Tomorrow we go pick up little brother from college, a 4/5ths of the family whirlwind road trip with a possible detour to Crater Lake. I simultaneously dread and look forward to it. Fortunately, I had five million books come in on hold, so I’ll have plenty to distract myself should conversation falter (and I not be driving at the time).

Austenland, Shannon Hale (oops, I already read this since picking it up last night. I’ll have to leave it for Kitri. Did you know that “chick lit” is a subject heading? Yeah, yeah, shut up already about subject headings, you’re saying, it’s summer vacation.)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon

Farthing, Jo Walton

The Last September, Elizabeth Bowen

Arcadia, Tom Stoppard

Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos, R.L. Lafevers

Shug, Jenny Han

The Blood of Flowers, Anita Amirrezvani

The Wednesday Wars, Gary Schmidt

Roller Skates, Ruth Sawyer

Half Life, Shelley Jackson

The Nature of Monsters, Clare Clark

Now is the Hour, Tom Spanbauer

The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman

Several of those were impulse “buys” after processing them (there’s nothing quite like typing a label for a book and then checking it out). I’m also currently reading Lullabies for little Criminals and The Art of Eating, and I didn’t list the audiobooks. Some of them I’ve had for a while, but 6 I just picked up last night. I still have 3 more sitting at work.

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4 comments

Oh, wow, she really know it… And I recognize that dress :-)!!
K looks cute too haha.
I’ll get back to you about those strawb. I actually e-mailed them because I took my friend’s word for it but have my doubts. I got very hoarse after eating them, but that could have been from the sheer amount I ate.
Have a great trip, by the way!

What a cutie! I love the halo. I did not know “chick lit” was a subject heading — I’ll have to look it up just out of curiosity. Let me know if you like The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay — I started it but put it down and never picked it up again. This could just be temporary though — it happens to me a lot.